Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Reitman Skips Out On Helming "Ghostbusters III"

Ghostbusters III may morph into a full on reboot as Ivan Reitman has dropped out of directing the film according to Heat Vision.


Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis and Sigourney Weaver were all due to reprise their roles in the sequel with Harold Ramis Ramis passed passed away last month

Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II director  Ivan Reitman met with Sony Pictures into discuss how the film will move forward. We were told that while “There will be some repercussions” due to Ramis’ passing, “it won’t affect the script.

The script was written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky wrote the "excellent" with input from Dan Aykroyd, The plot is said to revolve around Dana and Peter's lovechild, Oscar, and his new found job as a "Ghostbuster". The original actors were said to only appear in cameos in later drafts.

Reitman will remain on the film as a producer.

Production aims to begin in early 2015.

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